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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Kazuo Samejima, Sakai, JP;
Kenichi Chujo, Sakai, JP;
Teruo Shimamura, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawahara, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Sakai, JP;
Kenichi Chujo, Sakai, JP;
Teruo Shimamura, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawahara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mid-mount mower including a body frame supported above the ground by front wheels and rear wheels, and a mower unit vertically movably suspended from the body frame between the front wheels and rear wheels. The mower unit includes a mower deck having a top board, and a front wall, side walls and a rear wall depending from the top board. The mower deck has a rearwardly opening recess formed in a sideways middle region at a rear end thereof. A mower input shaft is disposed on the top board for transmitting power to the rotary blades juxtaposed inside the mower deck to be rotatable about three vertical axes arranged sideways. The mower input shaft extends longitudinally of the body frame and has a rear connecting end. A PTO shaft is provided in a rear transmission mechanism that drives the rear wheels. The PTO shaft extends longitudinally of the body frame and has a forward connecting end. A relay transmission shaft has one end thereof connected to the connecting end of the mower input shaft through a front universal joint, and the other end connected to the PTO shaft through a rear universal joint. The recess is recessed longitudinally of the body frame to an extent forwardly of the rear universal joint to receive the rear universal joint when the mower unit is raised.